Jul 1, 2024 | Families on the Spectrum
Get your helmet ready.My husband and I joke. Except it’s not only a joke.It’s half serious. When our son gets home from school,We never know his state. Sometimes he’s fine.Sometimes he’s not.Like most kids, right? We know we’re lucky.He attends a specialist school for...
Jun 24, 2024 | Families on the Spectrum
I was really impressedBy a client Her son is autisticAnd attends a special school Over the yearsHer career was often the onePut on holdAs they navigatedThe best way forwardFor their son When we started working togetherShe was rebuilding her coaching business...
Jun 17, 2024 | Families on the Spectrum
Beach or Playpark? Red top or Blue top?Blueberries or Strawberries? “What shall I do?” “Help me please.” When Lucas first asked for help, I thought it was cute. Quickly, I realized he was struggling, To make choices. In supermarkets, I ask him to choose. He picks one....
Jun 10, 2024 | Families on the Spectrum
“At home, Everything’s fine. It’s just when we are out…” This is a common sentimentAmong families with kids on the spectrum. Our homes are prepared. Prepared for every scenario,We can think of. Through experience, Things have been set up this way. We have a visual...
Jun 3, 2024 | Families on the Spectrum
Lucas is an only child.I am an only child.My husband is an only child. We’re three only children. That means…Lucas doesn’t have any uncles and aunties by blood. If anything were to happen to us…God forbid!There’s no obvious person to look after him. That’s something...
May 27, 2024 | Families on the Spectrum
What’s that?A Spinosaurus. And that?A Pachycephalosaurus A what??? We were walking around the dinosaur forest at Port Lympne Zoo in Folkestone.Not far from where we live. Even in the rain,Lucas was happy to run from dinosaur to dinosaur.Reeling off the names as we...
